Getting a Life: StoriesKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 11. 6. 2002. - 208 страница Hilarious, dark, and thoroughly entertaining, Getting a Life proves Helen Simpson to be one of the finest observers of women on the edge. Set in and around contemporary London, these nine stories explore both the blisses and irritations of domestic life. An ambitious teenager vows never to settle for any of the adult lives she sees around her. Two old friends get tipsy at a small cafe and end up revealing more than they intended. In a boutique so exclusive that entrance requires a password, a frazzled careerwoman explores the anesthetizing effect of highly impractical clothing. And in the mesmerizing title story, a mother of three takes life one day at a time, while pushing the ominous question of whether she wants to firmly to one side. |
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... glass- fronted display of sandwich fillings , the metal trays of damp cheese , dead ham and tired old tuna mixed with sweet corn ker- nels . He starts to hit the glass with the flat of his hand . There is a collective intake of breath ...
... glass- fronted display of sandwich fillings , the metal trays of damp cheese , dead ham and tired old tuna mixed with sweet corn ker- nels . He starts to hit the glass with the flat of his hand . There is a collective intake of breath ...
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... glasses and napkins pleated into white cockades and even little silver- plated quaichs , each one engraved with a ... glass in front of you . ” " Cheers , ” said Nicola , who knew this man slightly and liked him , his sharpness and ...
... glasses and napkins pleated into white cockades and even little silver- plated quaichs , each one engraved with a ... glass in front of you . ” " Cheers , ” said Nicola , who knew this man slightly and liked him , his sharpness and ...
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... glass of beer . " Exhausting . You should be more selfish . " How can I , thought Dorrie , until you are less so ? It's a seesaw . But she kept quiet . He went on to talk about the lumberyard , how it was doing all right but they couldn ...
... glass of beer . " Exhausting . You should be more selfish . " How can I , thought Dorrie , until you are less so ? It's a seesaw . But she kept quiet . He went on to talk about the lumberyard , how it was doing all right but they couldn ...
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